UPDATE - 17-year-old arrested and charged in shooting death of 14-year-old girl

A suspect has been taken into custody and charged in connection with the shooting death of a 14-year-old Virginia Beach girl Thursday night.

The suspect is a 17 yr old white male who is an acquaintance of the victim.

The suspect's race became an issue because an initial description of the suspect indicated that he was a black male. Investigators determined that the description given by the witnesses on scene were fabricated.

Preliminary information from the investigation has indicated that the suspect was playing around with a stolen fire arm. The gun went off, striking the victim, 14-year-old Patricia Delatorre in the chest.

She died as a result of her injuries.

The 17 yr old suspect has been charged with 2nd degree murder, use of a fire arm in the commission of a felony, and grand larceny of a fire arm.

He was transported to the Virginia Beach Juvenille Correctional Facility where he is being held.

Teenage girl shot in Virginia Beach dies at hospital

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The victim, Patricia Delatorre, was from the 1800 block of Jagged Rock Drive.

Another teenage girl, Tia Gold found the victim. Gold claims that a young man was playing with a gun when it went off.

"I was upstairs and I heard the shotgun and I heard Trish scream and I went downstairs and she was bleeding," Gold said.

The suspect was described as a male in his late teens, between 6'1" and 6'3" and approximately 180 pounds. He was wearing a white shirt with blue jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.